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See, here's the issue. Your correct, Alfredo wasn't a great finisher, but for a season and a half, he was unplayable (at all levels). But he was supplemented, goals wise by Tav, Kent, Aribo, DeFoe, Roofe and Arfiled to a lesser extent. His detractors (there were plenty), claimed we needed a 20+ goal striker. Hey, presto, we got one. Now, 20+ goals as season isn't good enough, we want a striker like Alfredo. At this stage in our "recovery" we can't afford an Alfredo + goals, those players cost untold millions.

The sample size of games where Danilo and Igamane played together is miniscule so can't be used / quoted as a "trend".

Aye, sort of, but I never thought Alfredo was a particularly good finisher tbh, I'd actually say Dessers is a better finisher. Alfie was superb at leading the line though, until he decided he couldn't be fucked any more. There's no reason we can't unearth a morelos type player, I mean our scouting network and team management were a bit of a shambles back then.

Yes, that too.

But he hasn't shown it enough. We've only seen flashes and he look shot of fitness and confidence when he returned after his latest set-back.

Like Alfredo Morelos?

I would have thought Celtic would have been invited

Josh Windass would have bagged a double hatrick against that kiwi lot

10-0 , a mis-match of epic proportions.

Currently 9-0 ...with 7 mins to go .

The lady co-commentating on this match is painful to listen to. 75 minutes in and I don't think she's said anything remotely interesting.

Bayern 6 Auckland 0 at HT Gonna get some skewed results in the early rounds

I'm really hoping we can replace Dessers with someone who's better at linking play, pulling defenders about and generally being a tad more robust in duels.

Danilo is a very good player. We're much better in our general play when it's him and Igamane up front. Unfortunately - as with several of our players - he's fragile AF.

I'll take the extra point from my joker, though.

I was going to post that 5-0 was my half-time score, but even that's been busted...

Can I cash out now?

So did Propper

Might be onto a winner with Bayern the way this match is starting 😂

4-0 after 20 mins...

See above - I was genuinely excited when we signed him. He had a decent record in Holland IIRC. However, he's only ever managed to show flashes of what he's capable off between injuries and has been a complete waste of money thus far. I'd rather us sold Danilo and kept Dessers, but would prefer if both go is it frees up money/space for better alternatives.

Yeah, when we signed Danilo, I was really looking forward to him playing / contributing much more than I was with Dessers when he signed. Turns out Dessers has contributed way more than Danilo and you have to wonder if we'll ever see the best of Danilo. With Igamane's progression, it's a gamble turning down circa £17M, do I'd sell ASAP.

I still can’t believe we signed him in all honesty. For that price and that wage, to bring in a guy who was available for free a year previously, who was a backup at Feyenoord, was a mental decision.